About Brendon Bernard

Brendon Bernard is an Economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab, focusing on the Canadian labour market. His research interests include analyzing how detailed trends in the job market fit in with broader developments in the Canadian economy. Brendon was previously an economist with Department of Finance Canada, where he focused on analyzing Canadian financial sector policy and the U.S. economy. He holds a Master’s in Economics from the Vancouver School of Economics at University of British Columbia, as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen's University.préalablement comme économiste au ministère des Finances du Canada, où il se penchait sur l’analyste des politiques du secteur financier canadien et de l’économie américaine. Il détient une maîtrise en économie de la Vancouver School of Economics à la University of British Columbia, ainsi qu’un baccalauréat spécialisé en arts de la Queen’s University.

Recent Articles by Brendon

A data security breach is a nightmare business scenario in today’s world of online transactions. As a result, opportunity abounds for work in cybersecurity. And job seekers are taking notice. Searches for cybersecurity positions as a share of Canadian job …

The Canadian labour market is much tighter than it was two years ago. Last year, falling unemployment was the big story, which turned into rising job vacancies this year. While job growth slowed following a banner 2017, these trends suggest …

Whether or not Canadians have started their holiday shopping, employers are getting ready for a surge. Canadian retail sales, excluding motor vehicles and gasoline, peak every December before falling back in January. To match these spending patterns — plus the …

Language diversity is a foundation of the Canadian landscape. Of Canadians with a mother tongue that’s one of Canada’s official languages, just under three-quarters speak English as their first language while slightly more than a quarter speak French.

On October 17, marijuana turns legal in Canada. With the date fast approaching, the Canadian cannabis industry is gearing up to exit the black market and make some legal green. As hiring plans continue to evolve for companies within this …

Canada’s aging population is gradually transforming the country’s employment landscape. In 1997, only one in 10 Canadian workers were over 54. Fast forward to 2017, and their share has doubled to one in five.